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Acting on specific intelligence inputs generated by Sopore Police, a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched in the forest area of Mukaam Cherhar, under the jurisdiction of Police Station Bomai, resulting in the recovery of a major cache of arms, ammunition, grenades, Improvised Explosive...
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A mass shooting and hours-long standoff in Erie, Pennsylvania, left nine people dead, including two children. CBS News, citing local media reports, indicated that law enforcement was dispatched to Perry Street around 5 PM on Friday following witness accounts of an armed man firing shots before...
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Four people have been detained for questioning after black ink was smeared on graffiti depicting Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on a wall in front of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka's Segunbagicha area, the police said on Saturday.Confirming the incident, Akthar Hossain, deputy...
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An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale struck Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on Saturday night, causing people to rush out of their homes in panic.No damage has been reported so far, officials said.According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake struck at 8.07 pm,...
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Four men died after being swept into the sea by a 'rip current' in Prakasam district on Saturday, the police said.Prakasam district superintendent of police Harshavardhan Raju said two of the men drowned in the sea and their bodies are yet to be traced. The third person died on the shore and the...
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A senior official of the Election Commission of Pakistan was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in a suspected targeted killing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, the police said.ECP director general Shamshad Akhtar was killed near Girah Baluch in Tank district, which borders South...
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The UN human rights office has raised concerns over mass detentions during large-scale protests in Delhi on Saturday, as it urged Indian authorities to respect the right to peaceful assembly and called for the immediate release of anyone arbitrarily detained.Hundreds of protesters were detained...
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Biotechnology major Biocon Ltd on Saturday said it has received a GST demand notice of over Rs 3.2 crore, including interest and penalty, from tax authorities.According to a disclosure to stock exchanges, the order confirms a GST demand of Rs 1,85,28,762, interest of Rs 1,17,59,033, and a penalty...
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The Supreme Court will hear on Sunday a plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against authorities for allegedly violating the court's direction on ensuring that there is no complete prohibition of metro and train services due to CJP's protest in Delhi.According to the cause list of...
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Amid speculation that the Pattali Makkal Katchi might join the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam-led alliance, party president Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday dismissed the possibility, describing the reports as rumours.The PMK, which was part of the AIADMK-led National Democratic alliance in the...
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Bollywood actor Imran Khan was detained by the Mumbai police on Saturday at August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai, the proposed venue for a protest in support of CJP's protest call.Following his detention, the actor shared a picture of himself apparently seated inside a police van. He accompanied the...
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Senior bureaucrat Prakash Rajpurohit has been appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Saturday.Rajpurohit, a 2010 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed to the post for a tenure up to April 8, 2030, in place...
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Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Saturday described the situation in the country as an undeclared emergency after authorities detained several opposition leaders, student activists, lawyers and journalists in Delhi amid sweeping restrictions ahead of a protest demanding Chief Election...
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Political scientist Yogendra Yadav confirmed to Rediff that the Delhi police has kept him in detention since 2.30 pm. Yadav said he and several dozen protestors were picked up from near the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and were taken to the Maidan Garhi police station.Yadav...
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Five people, including a woman, were killed in fresh clashes among armed groups in Manipur's Kamjong and Ukhrul districts, officials said on Saturday.A 22-year-old man and a woman, aged 42, were killed in the Kuki-dominated Chassad village in Naga-majority Kamjong district, they said.The woman, a...
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Bollywood actor Imran Khan was detained at MBollywood actor Imran Khan was detained by the Mumbai Police on Saturday for protesting at August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai, in solidarity with the Cockroach Janata Party's demonstration in New Delhi.Following his detention, the actor shared a picture of...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday urged the youth to keep protesting and asserted that we are going to ensure that this regime and the people who have attacked the Constitution are defeated.Gandhi, who is in Chennai for his Chhatron Ki Goonj event, also said the core characteristic of...
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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Saturday extended the closure of entry and exit gates at 45 metro stations by four hours till 10 pm amid security arrangements for the CJP protest in the national capital.The stations, which were earlier scheduled to reopen at 6 pm, will continue to...
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Air India Express and Air India have extended the cancellation of flights to and from Riyadh amid the evolving situation in Saudi Arabia, officials said on Saturday.While Air India Express has cancelled the services till October 14, Air India has cancelled the flights till October 15, the...
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IMAGE: Protesters shout slogans during a protest seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, at August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai. Photograph: Sahil Salvi for Rediff.com
Police detained around 200 people, including members of activist Tushar Gandhi-led organisation and supporters of the CPI-M, for protesting at the August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai in solidarity with the Cockroach Janata Party's demonstration in New Delhi, officials said. In a separate action,...
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IMAGE: Maharashtra FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe. Photograph: Courtesy, @MahaDGIPR/X
The Maharashtra FDA has received responses from the actors who were issued notices for allegedly promoting prohibited products through surrogate advertising and will grant them another hearing before taking further action, its Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said on Saturday.The department had sought...
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The protest meant to take the city hostage turned out to be a flop show, the BJP said on Saturday, accusing Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi of spreading anarchy in cahoots with foreign powers, likening him to Mir Jafar.It was a victory of democracy over mob rule, BJP leader Sambit...
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A Delhi court on Saturday held that student activist Sharjeel Imam, accused in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, apparently flouted a condition of his interim bail by coming into contact with the media, but refused to cancel the bail as he was already on his way back to...
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IMAGE: Security personnel detain a protester during a protest seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi, October 10, 2026. Photograph: Priyanshu Singh/Reuters
Slamming the police crackdown on protesters in Delhi, the Congress on Saturday accused the government of turning the mother of democracy into a muzzled democracy and said the seva teerth is a fast-crumbling satta teerth.The opposition party claimed that the PM-HM duo is extremely nervous and...
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The Delhi Police has informed CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke about the death of his grandmother in Maharashtra and left it to him to decide whether he wants to remain under detention and continue the protest or return home for her last rites, police sources said on Saturday.Dipke's paternal...
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case to probe last month's mid-air cockpit attack on Captain Smit Machchhar aboard a flydubai flight, officials said on Saturday.The case has been registered under the relevant provisions of the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016, and the Unlawful...
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A court in New Delhi on Saturday convicted former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain in a case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots in the Dayalpur area, while acquitting the 12 other accused.Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh convicted Hussain under Indian Penal Code (IPC)...
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CJP convenor Abhijeet Dipke's parents on Saturday accused the government of not respecting democracy as they questioned the detention of their son and the deployment of a large police force, asking whether students are 'Chambal dacoits'.Police launched a sweeping crackdown in the national...
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Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke's paternal grandmother passed away at the age of 85 in Maharashtra's Hingoli district on Saturday following a prolonged illness, family sources said.Savitribai Shankarrao Dipke breathed her last at 11.30 am at the paternal house in Santuk Pimpri...
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Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, along with party leaders Derek O'Brien, Dola Sen and others, was detained from South Avenue on Saturday amid protests called by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP).All India Students' Association (AISA) president Neha Bora, Communist Party of India-Marxist...
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Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar spokesperson Anish Gawande on Saturday said they were unaware of the whereabouts of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activist Abhijeet Dipke after police personnel allegedly took him off a flight at Delhi Airport.Gawande said they did not know whether...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived here on Saturday to hold the sixth edition of the party's youth outreach programme 'Chhatron Ki Goonj,' and ahead of the event, he is set to meet Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president and Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay.Gandhi's soon-to-be-held meeting with CM...
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Security personnel detain protesters during a protest by the Cockroach Janta Party in New Delhi, October 10, 2026. Pic: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Protesters allegedly stone-pelted security personnel at Imtiaz Ali Marg near Akashwani Bhawan after toppling barricades during the proposed Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) stir against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in the national capital on Saturday, officials said.Around noon, 25 to 30...
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CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke being detained by the Police after landing at Delhi Airport. Photograph: ANI Video Grab
Delhi Police personnel entered the aircraft carrying Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Founder Abhijeet Dipke to Delhi soon after it landed at IGI Airport....I have come here to be arrested; arrest me, Abhijeet Dipke tells Delhi Police in the video, who responds, No, this is not an arrest. Please...
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Mumbai police on Saturday detained activist Tushar Gandhi and others from his organisation ahead of their demonstration at August Kranti Maidan in solidarity with the Cockroach Janta Party's Jantar Mantar protest against the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Tushar Gandhi, the...
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Police have stepped up security at Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Abhijeet Dipke's home in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in view of his protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi on Saturday, an official said.CJP leaders Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained from...
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Police personnel deployed near Jantar Mantar, Otober 9, 2026. Pic: Amit/ANI Photo
Several members of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and other student organisations, along with lawyers marching from the Supreme Court towards Jantar Mantar, were detained by the Delhi Police on Saturday ahead of the proposed protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP).The CJP had called...
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Security forces on Saturday detained several demonstrators, including content creators, at Dhaula Kuan on Saturday, the day of the planned Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest in the national capital.Widespread detentions, intensive vehicle checks and multi-agency deployments were reported across...
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A plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the authorities alleging violation of the apex court's direction to ensure no complete prohibition of movement of metro and trains operated by Indian Railways here on October 10 due to the CJP...
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Heavy traffic jams were reported in several parts of Central Delhi on Saturday amid the security forces' deployment to thwart the Cockroach Janta Party's protest against the CEC at Jantar Mantar.Checks at several key stretches leading to the protest site led to congestion and slowed down the...
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The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday claimed that its leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained by Delhi Police after their flight landed in the national capital.In a statement, the party condemned the alleged detentions, claiming they were part of a pre-planned...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will go and so will the Modi government, and then the repair of democracy will begin.In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said, 'Gyanesh Kumar will go.This government will go.Then the repair of democracy will...
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YouTuber Dhruv Rathee was detained by Delhi Police from his residence in Gurugram's Sector 56 on Saturday ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) proposed protest at Jantar Mantar, police sources said.Rathee has come to join the demonstration, which has prompted heightened security...
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United States President Donald Trump on Friday said the war with Iran would end 'very soon', either through continued fighting or Tehran agreeing to sign an agreement on Washington's terms, while claiming that Russia was sending the United States millions of barrels of oil and oil prices were...
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Ahead of the 'Jantar Mantar 2.0' protest scheduled in New Delhi on Saturday, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activist Abhijeet Dipke, while departing from Mumbai to Delhi, said he was ready to go to jail and would continue his fight over the alleged deletion of votes, demanding the resignation of...
09:26
United States Senator Richard Blumenthal, the co-author of the Russia sanctions act, slammed US President Donald Trump's deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to buy diesel from Moscow, terming the move as an 'embarrassment'.Blumenthal, along with late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, had...
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Delhi Police has detained people with criminal records across all 15 districts of the national capital as part of preventive measures ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) proposed protest at Jantar Mantar, police sources said.According to sources, around 30 to 40 people with criminal...
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Delhi Police detained a few protesters who had started gathering at Jantar Mantar on Friday for the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest.Security was stepped up at the Aya Nagar border connecting Delhi and Gurugram ahead of the protest, with Delhi Police and paramilitary personnel deployed and...
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The Connaught Place market will be shut on Saturday in view of the protest called by the CJP at Jantar Mantar, the New Delhi Traders Association (NDTA) said, citing concerns over public safety and potential damage to property.In a statement, NDTA Joint Secretary Amit Gupta said the decision was...
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Stringent traffic restrictions came into force across the national capital from 6 am on Saturday ahead of a protest at Jantar Mantar by the CJP, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, with diversions planned at several points across Delhi.Police personnel were out...
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday left for the national capital to stage protest at Jantar Mantar.Dipke left for the Mumbai Airport at around 6.50 am in the morning from the Four Seasons Hotel in Worli in central Mumbai.At the airport, Dipke said the government is...
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The United States on Friday lifted sanctions on the sale of Russian diesel till April 7 next year.The announcement by the US Department of Treasury came minutes after US President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and struck a deal to supply diesel to the American and...
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Claims being made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that President Droupadi Murmu did not deny the opposition bloc's 'election theft' charge are incorrect, sources said on Friday.They also said it is unfortunate that the President is being dragged into a controversy in the matter.The response came...
